Medical practitioners advised not to use ozone and chelation therapy

PUTRAJAYA: All medical practitioners are advised not to use or apply Ozone and Chelation Therapy as treatment for any medical condition, Health director-general Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said Tuesday.


Dr Hasan, who is also president of the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC), said there was no evidence to support any therapeutic benefit from the usage of the two therapy treatments for any illness.

"The decision was made after extensive discussions and relying on information obtained from local and overseas scientific databases," he said in a statement.

Dr Hasan said that consequentially, there was a need for further research on these two treatment modalities, especially on the indications for their usage, their efficacy and safety.

"The public is hereby cautioned and advised that in the eventuality they submit themselves to such treatment, then they will be doing this at their own risk," he said-Bernama